5 tech terms every smartphone user should know

Learn what background permissions, push notifications, security updates, auto-join networks and app refresh mean to better ...
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Does Keeping Your Phone Plugged In All the Time Hurt Your Battery? I Asked Apple, Samsung and Google

Other Android makers like Google, OnePlus and Xiaomi include comparable options -- often called Adaptive Charging, Optimized ...
CNET

Your Cell Phone Is Causing Tech Neck, Here’s How to Fix It

If you're constantly staring at a computer screen or looking down at a phone, then you're probably straining more than your eyes. You might also be dealing with "tech neck." Tech neck happens when the ...
The New York Times

Can Using a Dumber Phone Cure ‘Brain Rot’?

Minimalist gadgets like the new Light Phone III, a smartphone that barely does anything, promise to help us focus. The trade-offs are big. Our personal tech columnist tried swapping out his iPhone for ...
Business Insider

Nothing Phone 2 review: With a striking design that's customizable, it's anything but boring

The fledgling Nothing company was started in 2020 by Carl Pei, one of the original co-founders of OnePlus. And like OnePlus did in 2014 with its OnePlus One phone, Nothing and its Phone 2, stylized as ...
USA Today

Smack it closed or whip it open: Flip phone sales are surging again

Flip phones are having a moment. It’s true: People are snatching up those basic clamshell throwbacks of the early 2000s faster than a bag of discounted Reese’s the day after Halloween. The reasons are ...
TechCrunch

Nothing launches its most expensive flagship yet, Phone (3)

Nothing on Tuesday launched its newest flagship phone after a two-year gap. At an event in London, the company unveiled the Phone (3), which starts at $799 and aims to take on bigwigs like Samsung and ...